Medical Officer

Take work load off oncologists, creating capacity. Patient care.

Routine follow-ups; Chemotherapy follow-ups; Radiotherapy treatment checks; Emergencies ; Unscheduled patients; Ward rounds; After hours call; Special investigations; Administration; Meetings; Academic presentation; CPD points; Staff medicals if required

**Interpersonal Factor**
- As a professional all services delivered needs to be in line with the Cancercare Values, of CARE. Each task needs to be consistently executed whilst at all times displaying a positive influence on all stakeholders and within the general working environment. It is expected from the employee to deliver all the tasks reflecting a willingness to operate outside the scope of the job description as per operational requirements. The factors below cannot therefore be reviewed and assessed in isolation.
- To display the company values: C - Compassion, A - Accountability, R - Respect, E - Ethics (CARE)

**Routine follow-ups**
- History, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)
- Prescription
- SD/NAD > relevant tests, F/U
- PD > refer to oncologist for treatmet decision

**Chemotherapy follow-ups**
- History, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)
- Prescription
- Treatment in chemoroom or treatment delay, cessation

**Radiotherapy treatment checks**
- History, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)
- Prescription
- Treatment on Linac or treatment delay, cessation

**Emergencies**
- Immediate examination and resuscitation
- Possible referral for admission
- Ambulance
- Immediate resuscitation

**Unscheduled patients**
- History, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)
- Admission > Tests
- Tests > Prescription
- Appropriate treatment

**Ward rounds**
- History, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)
- Prescription in ward
- Treatment in ward (supportive/palliative/optimising for treatment)

**After hours call**
- Answer after hour call
- Arrange admission
- See emergencies at casualty or in the ward
- Appropriate treatment

**Special investigations**
- Check and sign all results send to oncologist (per request)
- Inform oncologist of abnormal results
- Treatment decision made
- Follow-up appointment made

**Administration**
- Life insurance forms
- Medical boarding forms
- Hospice referrals
- Specialist referrals
- Letters to referring doctors
- Oxygen orders
- Blood slips
- Scan and x-ray requests
- Phone calls
- Patient satisfaction
- Increase referrals
- Improve communication
- Readily available information

**Meetings**
- Different departments communicate
- Dates given through
- Improve workflow
- Improve interrelations

**Academic presentations**
- 30 min presentation per year
- Improve knowledge

**CPD points**
- Attend CPD functions to acquire sufficient points per year
- Have 30 CPD points at any given time in a rolling 12 month cycle, 5 of which must be ethics

**Required minimum education**:
MBChB or equivalent

**Required minimum experience**:
3 years work experience

**Required minimum work-related experience**:
To be evaluated on an individual basis